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Stranger Things style tips

By Sarah Kershaw, 2 August 2016

If you spent your weekend under a duvet, glued to Netflix’s awesome new sci-fi drama Stranger Things, you’re not alone. We’re just as obsessed with the search for Will Byers but it’s not just the delicious 80s film references, on-point soundtrack and properly jump-making action that’s got us gripped – have you noticed how awesome the clothes are? Here are the style lessons we’ll be taking away from Hawkins, Indiana.

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The colour palette is on point

Who’d have thought brown, brown and more brown would look so good? Whether it’s a shearling jacket, corduroy trousers or ribbed knitwear, all retro garms look immediately retro-er rendered in tan, mustard and a chocolate brown murkier than Murkwood.

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Lucas’s sweater has all the autumnal tones (extra points for the ringer neckline), while these street stylers are ready for AW16 in every iteration of beige.

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A cord-collared jacket is a man’s best friend

Bless Mike. He’s not the coolest of the crew (obvs that’s Eleven) but boy, does he know how to rock a cord collar. Your dad’s probably got a grey Harrington jacket like this stashed somewhere and you should definitely hunt it out.